So i switched my internet speed and so far my download speeds suck. Im a premium member on megaupload and they download at 20 kbps, but if i go on youtube at the same time, the youtube video loads very quick. so in other words i can browse quickly, but i cant seem to download good. same with all other websites, the downloading rate is horrible! but it seems to surf at full speed just fine. i tried switching my modem twice, and thats not the problem.

I don't think you get it.
You're downloading content as you browse the internet. It's the same with watching Youtube videos.
Mind doing a speedtest for me? What's the maximum download/upload speed of your connection?

I don't think you get it.
You're downloading content as you browse the internet. It's the same with watching Youtube videos.
Mind doing a speedtest for me? What's the maximum download/upload speed of your connection?

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no, let me explain better. my downloads go slow! and yes i know things DOWNLOAD when i browse but tahts the thing. Theyre both the same thing but why when i actually download, why is it slow???????? if theyre the samething shouldnt they have the same speed???

I don't think you get it.
You're downloading content as you browse the internet. It's the same with watching Youtube videos.
Mind doing a speedtest for me? What's the maximum download/upload speed of your connection?

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no, let me explain better. my downloads go slow! and yes i know things DOWNLOAD when i browse but tahts the thing. Theyre both the same thing but why when i actually download, why is it slow???????? if theyre the samething shouldnt they have the same speed???

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It could be a number of different factors.
You might not be close to a Megaupload server resulting in slow download speeds regardless of whether you have a premium account or not. Your ISP may be throttling traffic coming from the servers.
Why don't you do a speedtest so I know your download and upload speed?
credittolaw

I don't think you get it.
You're downloading content as you browse the internet. It's the same with watching Youtube videos.
Mind doing a speedtest for me? What's the maximum download/upload speed of your connection?

Click to expand...

no, let me explain better. my downloads go slow! and yes i know things DOWNLOAD when i browse but tahts the thing. Theyre both the same thing but why when i actually download, why is it slow???????? if theyre the samething shouldnt they have the same speed???

Click to expand...

It could be a number of different factors.
You might not be close to a Megaupload server resulting in slow download speeds regardless of whether you have a premium account or not. Your ISP may be throttling traffic coming from the servers.
Why don't you do a speedtest so I know your download and upload speed?
credittolaw

So i switched my internet speed and so far my download speeds suck. Im a premium member on megaupload and they download at 20 kbps, but if i go on youtube at the same time, the youtube video loads very quick. so in other words i can browse quickly, but i cant seem to download good. same with all other websites, the downloading rate is horrible! but it seems to surf at full speed just fine. i tried switching my modem twice, and thats not the problem.

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there's a difference between browsing and downloading,

when you browse websites, they load quite quickly, because the files needed to transfer are quite small (a few kb's or mb)
when you download, the content is usually larger than a few mb's, so it takes a bit longer.
(try and stream HD 720p video's and see if it takes a while)

also, you might not be downloading at the fastest possible speed your getting, try using internet download manager (IDM) when downloading and see if that makes any difference.

So i switched my internet speed and so far my download speeds suck. Im a premium member on megaupload and they download at 20 kbps, but if i go on youtube at the same time, the youtube video loads very quick. so in other words i can browse quickly, but i cant seem to download good. same with all other websites, the downloading rate is horrible! but it seems to surf at full speed just fine. i tried switching my modem twice, and thats not the problem.

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there's a difference between browsing and downloading,

when you browse websites, they load quite quickly, because the files needed to transfer are quite small (a few kb's or mb)
when you download, the content is usually larger than a few mb's, so it takes a bit longer.
(try and stream HD 720p video's and see if it takes a while)

also, you might not be downloading at the fastest possible speed your getting, try using internet download manager (IDM) when downloading and see if that makes any difference.

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im not talking about how long it takes, im talkin bout the speed. ik all you guys think i might be very n00b to all this but the wording may of gotten lost in translation somewhere lol. Im just saying streaming HQ vids work well but actually DOWNLOADING something is so slow.

when you browse websites, they load quite quickly, because the files needed to transfer are quite small (a few kb's or mb)
when you download, the content is usually larger than a few mb's, so it takes a bit longer.
(try and stream HD 720p video's and see if it takes a while)

also, you might not be downloading at the fastest possible speed your getting, try using internet download manager (IDM) when downloading and see if that makes any difference.
The major difference only being the file sizes. (It's still downloading)